Psychopathic Cats
While waiting for the computer to download some updates, I’m taking the opportunity to empty my head into the keyboard. Hopefully you’ll forgive me if this p...
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Escaping The 24 Hour News Cycle
Eleven minutes ago the clock ticked past midnight. It’s officially Monday now, but I’m going to go on pretending it’s Sunday at least until I fall asleep.
It Only Takes One Idiot
At 9pm this evening we walked into town - to the pub where our middle daughter waits tables, to meet her from work, have a drink, and walk home together. A q...
Cutting Most Of My Hair Off
I downed tools a few minutes ago for the first time today (read: pushed back away from the work laptop), emptied the washing machine, filled the washing mach...
The Lunchtime Reunion
For the first time in two years I met up with some of my co-workers at lunchtime for something to eat. It seemed very strange being in each other’s company r...
The Journey To The Middle
For the last several months I have been experimenting with Substack, Wordpress, Tumblr, and Medium - trying to figure out what works best for me.
Memories Of The Matrix
You find me sitting in the dark of the junk room, listening to an 80s playlist while quietly tapping away on the computer keyboard. My happy place. Maybe hap...
Ignoring The Thoughtless Idiots
It’s early on Sunday evening, the kids are hidden in various corners of the house - their noses inevitably buried in phones - and dinner is bubbling away on ...
Locked In The Bathroom
After dinner this evening we walked into town to meet our middle daughter from work. She started waiting tables at a nearby pub a few weeks ago - her first “...
The Inevitable And The Improbable
I have created a publication at Medium, and begun cross-posting my almost daily journal entries into it. In the past I’ve reserved Medium for the long-form “...